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Old 06-13-2011, 12:32 AM
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only buy something if it's complete, eg, comes with all manuals, box, etc?

I recently bought quite a few retro items, and was lucky as I managed to get them relatively cheap considering they are complete and boxed...

Is it, I don't know, snobby, or whatever, to not buy something if it's not complete, or is it completely understandable? xx
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Old 06-13-2011, 01:01 AM
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All depends on the price for me, i do perfer to get something complete as it can be a pain to find the missing item and it does tend to give me a mild injection of OCD but if the item is cheap enough then i'll suck it up and buy it.
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Old 06-13-2011, 01:23 AM
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See, I've been pretty damn lucky as I've managed to acquire quite a lot of my CE's for quite reasonable prices, but I hunt online for ages before I buy to see if I can get something complete rather than not. And also my CE collection isn't only CE games, it's DVDs, Blu Rays, consoles, retro gaming paraphernalia, movie props, etc - so half the time I'm not looking for anything specific, just cheap CE's in general haha xx
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Old 06-13-2011, 01:39 AM
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I only started serious collecting around half a year ago and trying to get my hands on rare CEs from years ago can be very expensive so i often don't mind picking up one with something missing if i think ill be able to find the missing piece seperately, otherwise ill just wait for one to pop up on eBay at a half decent price.
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Old 06-13-2011, 01:47 AM
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I only started serious collecting around half a year ago and trying to get my hands on rare CEs from years ago can be very expensive so i often don't mind picking up one with something missing if i think ill be able to find the missing piece seperately, otherwise ill just wait for one to pop up on eBay at a half decent price.
Yeah, me and my boyfriend started collecting about a year ago maybe nearer to a year and a half aswell actually, but I've only really gotten serious about collecting about a month or two ago, I was more into collecting LE teddy bears and stuff LOL, although I must add, they were numbered! But now I've given up with that and moved onto the games dvds etc. Although I don't plan on selling the teddies as they were my 'thing' before the birth of my son, I liked to buy special ones saying Mum, etc, anyway, I'm rambling...

Yeah so, I've gotten quite a few bargains online, and I must say, our house looks more like a stockroom than a house ! xx
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Yeah, me and my boyfriend started collecting about a year ago maybe nearer to a year and a half aswell actually, but I've only really gotten serious about collecting about a month or two ago, I was more into collecting LE teddy bears and stuff LOL, although I must add, they were numbered! But now I've given up with that and moved onto the games dvds etc. Although I don't plan on selling the teddies as they were my 'thing' before the birth of my son, I liked to buy special ones saying Mum, etc, anyway, I'm rambling...

Yeah so, I've gotten quite a few bargains online, and I must say, our house looks more like a stockroom than a house ! xx
Don't suppose you've got a bear in a trenchcoat and ushanka with a bottle of vodka in one hand and a PPSh-41 in the other? Cause that would be the most godlike, awesome, pro-gaming bear every
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Haha I wish I had gaming bears, but sadly they're all just random haha, although I have one, which is number 0117 of 9000, and is a chef, which I have nicknamed Master Chef, since Master Chief was 117, haha - I'm such a nerd LOL xx
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Haha I wish I had gaming bears, but sadly they're all just random haha, although I have one, which is number 0117 of 9000, and is a chef, which I have nicknamed Master Chef, since Master Chief was 117, haha - I'm such a nerd LOL xx
Since 2011 is the year of CE bags, i propose 2012 is the year of CE bears. Though thinking about it the Fear 4 CE would be pretty phucked up though. Naked, pregnant, glow in the dark bear?!?!? Might even not get banned this time ^^
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Well I suppose there was the Kinectimals plushes in the CE, so you never know although I'm kinda praying not, as can you imagine how many CE's would be bought for small children, only for them to completely destroy !

I am just really hoping for some pretty awesome numbered CE's in 2012, although I've now started a new methof of game buying, preordering everything as soon as It's announced so that if I want it, it's guaranteed, but if I change my mind I can cancel, but knowing me, I won't cancel, so it's safe to predict that I'm gonna have to declare bankruptcy in early 2012 haha xx
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Well I suppose there was the Kinectimals plushes in the CE, so you never know although I'm kinda praying not, as can you imagine how many CE's would be bought for small children, only for them to completely destroy !

I am just really hoping for some pretty awesome numbered CE's in 2012, although I've now started a new methof of game buying, preordering everything as soon as It's announced so that if I want it, it's guaranteed, but if I change my mind I can cancel, but knowing me, I won't cancel, so it's safe to predict that I'm gonna have to declare bankruptcy in early 2012 haha xx
ah well, worlds ending next year so you wont be bankrupt for long xD. but yea i would like to see some more numbered CE's as i have very few and its always nice know you hold a very rare and limited copy of a game.
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